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Andrew Leyshon
@andrewleyshon.bsky.social

Economic Geographer. Co-author, The Rise of the Platform Music Industries (Agenda, 2025) with @allanwatson1.bsky.social & FinTech Capital (Zone, 2026) with @paullangley.bsky.social. Attended obscure Welsh Comprehensive of which even Elis James was unaware. .. more

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An immediate example of the unbiquity of fintech emerged as I was pointing @paullangley.bsky.social in the direction of his hotel. We were approached by two Big Issue sellers who responded to our stock apology of 'Sorry, no change' with, 'But we have a card reader'. They did: an app on a mobile.
Tonight Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon, on Fintech Capital: the digital transformation of everyday money and finance (Zone Books). For an academic publisher their books are beautifully designed and affordable.
Fintech? You use it every day.
fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/fint...
#booksky
Out now: The first of two themed special issues. Part 1 opens with an agenda-setting article on technofinance by the editors and a key essay by @paullangley.bsky.social and @andrewleyshon.bsky.social on the disappearance of fintech. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Finance and Society: Volume 12 - When finance becomes tech, Part I | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Finance and Society - Volume 12 - When finance becomes tech, Part I
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